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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Sept. 1 



FIG. 2. — THE FAN USED TO COOL, THE KX- 

 TRACTING-ROOM. 



An ordinary sheet-metal fan is attached to a 

 short shaft and run by a round sewing-machine 

 belt from the fly-wheel of the engine. 



taken care of without extra apparatus. If 

 more than a thousand i^ounds of honey is 

 to be extracted in a day, it pays to have a 

 good large table on which to work, and it is 

 certainly a great advantage to have one end 

 of this table arranged according to the 

 Mclntyre plan for holding the uncapped 

 combs. 



HOW TO KEEP COOL. 



When the weather is hot, several have 

 mentioned that it is rather disagreeable to 

 work o\'er a capping-melter on account of 

 the heat from the stove underneath. As it 

 was very warm while we were working we 

 arranged a small fan, run by a rotind belt 

 from the fly-wheel of the engine. This fan 

 was turned toward the uncapping-table, and 

 there was no longer any thought of hot 

 weather; in fact, it was much more comfort- 

 able in the extracting-room than anywhere 

 else. At first we had the fan running too 

 fast, and the blast of air was actually too 

 mtich of a good thing, so we reduced the 

 speed until it was just right. Fig. 2 shows 

 how the fan was attached to the engine on 

 the 2X4 bolted to the engine-base. The fan 

 itself is made of sheet brass, and is similar 

 to those used on small electric motors. 

 There is no reason why a local tinsmith 

 could not make one very cheaply out of gal- 

 vanized iron, provided the blades were of 

 equal size so that, when running, there 

 would be noxibrationduetolackof balance. 



A GRAVITY STRAIXEB LOCATED IN THE 

 BASEMENT. 



In former years Mr. Fowls has used 75-lb. 

 lard-cans for storing his honey, filling the 

 cans under the strainer, which was located 

 near the extractor. This year, however, the 

 honey-flow was so heavy that there was no 

 longer room for storing this honey in the 

 extracting-room, and so, at an expense of 

 about four dollars, a three-inch galvanized- 

 iron eonductor-pii)e was run from the ex- 

 tracting-room to the basement of the dwell- 

 ing house some forty feel distant. Figs. 3 



Fig, 8.— The pipe used by Chalon I'owls to'cunvey honcv ik 

 straining tank in the basement of the dwelling-house. 



iiiK-tint'-nioiu to tl)e settling and 



